Colombia vs Ecuador: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 22 million TIV in Colombia and 30 million TIV in Ecuador, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 8 million TIV, or 1.36 times that in Colombia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ecuador has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Colombia.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Colombia	Ecuador	World
2025	22 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	12 million	19 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	7 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	9 million	33 billion
2021	45 million	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	80 million	21 million	23.4 billion
2019	22 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	5 million	27.3 billion
2017	91 million	20 million	31.2 billion
2016	18 million	26 million	31.4 billion
2015	193 million	27 million	28.7 billion
2014	170 million	56 million	27 billion
2013	173 million	12 million	27.4 billion
2012	200 million	89 million	27.9 billion
2011	145 million	70 million	29.9 billion
2010	259 million	90 million	25.8 billion
2009	263 million	77 million	24 billion
2008	110 million	102 million	24.1 billion
2007	237 million	2 million	26.5 billion
2006	54 million	47 million	24.4 billion
2005	18 million	39 million	21.3 billion
2004	18 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	145 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	173 million	1 million	17.7 billion
2001	268 million	41 million	18.3 billion
2000	68 million	9 million	20.5 billion
1999	44 million	27 million	25.3 billion
1998	160 million	31 million	27.9 billion
1997	193 million	103 million	28.9 billion
1996	49 million	29 million	23.7 billion
1995	35 million	39 million	22.9 billion
1994	42 million	17 million	22.8 billion
1993	68 million	18 million	25.8 billion
1992	36 million	4 million	24.3 billion
1991	72 million	136 million	27.8 billion
1990	13 million	3 million	28.6 billion
1989	218 million	20 million	31.7 billion
1988	37 million	26 million	32.9 billion
1987	4 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	6 million	30 million	35.5 billion
1985	7 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	660 million	322 million	36.8 billion
1983	300 million	360 million	39.1 billion
1982	18 million	291 million	41.4 billion
1981	28 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	12 million	289 million	37.4 billion
1979	36 million	110 million	33.3 billion
1978	12 million	224 million	39.2 billion
1977	8 million	582 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	226 million	33 billion
1975	291 million	42 million	34.2 billion
1974	5 million	22 million	32.9 billion
1973	163 million	15 million	32.6 billion
1972	171 million	41 million	28.7 billion
1971	40 million	85 million	29.3 billion
1970	8 million	5 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	1 million	24.7 billion
1968	32 million	5 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	21 million	22.1 billion
1966	32 million	9 million	22.4 billion
1965	18 million	29 million	23.1 billion
1964	9 million	3 million	24.2 billion
1963	32 million	3 million	18.1 billion
1962	6 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	66 million	–	15 billion
1960	5 million	66 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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